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Docleaf, and its chief executive, Dr David Perl, has twenty five year’s experience, working with senior business people, to create truly effective business leaders. As the aftermath of the UK General Election brings fresh uncertainty around jobs, cross border trade […]

Docleaf Leadership has the privilege of working with chief executives and their leadership teams. Sometimes, business performance is impaired by an individual’s difficulties with relationships, alcohol, gambling or other addictive/compulsive behaviours. “These behaviours are often kept secret ” says Dr […]

The supermarket Tesco seemed unbeatable in terms of market share, store numbers and approval ratings from customers and financial analysts alike. Scandals such as the horse meat crisis and the 2014 Tesco accounting scandal hit hard. By end of 2016, […]

This month, we take a look at two major companies which have been in the news in this first quarter of 2017: John Lewis, the great British retailing and supermarket institution, often hailed as an exemplary business model. This year, […]

Marks and Spencer is a British High Street institution. Founded in 1884, the retailer has 1,382 stores worldwide, selling food, clothing and homeward. Previously a peerless leader in British made women’s fashions, with profits of £1bn in the 1990s, Marks […]

Dr David Perl, CEO & Founder of docleaf leadership development talks about his work in helping business leaders maximise their performance and change their corporate culture. Docleaf began as a crisis management organisation, working mostly with critical incidents and crisis […]

The past few decades have seen businesses work hard to maximise their productivity and efficiency from their workforce. Part of this efficiency drive has been an acknowledgement of the importance of people. This is where the softer skills of people […]

From my own personal experience and my professional practice as a depth coach and psychotherapist, a significant mid-life event can be a catalyst for significant and often needed emotional growth. After writing this introductory sentence I reflected for a moment. […]

Allegations emerged at the beginning of February that HSBC had helped people evade UK tax using hidden HSBC accounts in Geneva. The Financial Conduct Authority, HMRC, Swiss prosecutors and MPs on the Treasury Committee are looking into the allegations. HSBC […]

A top HSBC banker has said that if he wasn’t gay he probably wouldn’t have made it to the position of chief executive of the bank’s British business. Antonio Simoes, 39, who is originally from Portugal, said that being gay […]